Copyright

Copyrighting redone

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For the most part, I left my presentation the same with the exceptions of the type font. I changed it to Trebuchet MS because it is softer on the eyes. Also, I added an image, and used the 6x6 rule. I also used symbols, which helped minimize the amounts of words on the page. I used a different color on important words and on the symbols to emphasize importance. However, my PowerPoint remained 3 slides.

Chapter 4

In a world where time is of the essence, Chapter 4 "Ringing Chimes" is music to my ears. Not only is it a short chapter, but I think it speaks what every teacher is thinking. Or at least, of what I'm thinking. I love that Burmark mentions the Saturday Night Live Sketch of Father Guido Sarducci, and how in his university, the entired degree program takes only five minutes. He then goes on to explain what he would teach in Spanish class (how to ask how someone is doing, and the response to it), and that 5 years after graduating, that's all you're going to remember (Burmark 61).  Burmark also mentions Larry Ainsworth book, Power Standards, in which he states that no teacher has the time to teach all the standards, so they focus on the super important, crucial ones.

From this chapter, "effiency meets effectiveness" also stuck with me. We need to do things quickly, but we need to do them well. And in order to do this Burmark states that we need to get their attention, and we need to make the presentation stick (Burmark 62). As educators we need to emphasize what we want the kids to learn and remember forever. Also I liked that Burmark mentions that we need to attract but not distract. Sometimes we want to make things flashy, and full of animations, but is that going to help the students learn the information or is that going to hinder their learning?

CHIMES was also interesting because it helps prioritize what we need to do in our presentations as speakers or presenters, and it gives us a better understanding of how the audience is grading us per say.

Connections

Humor

Images

Music

Emoton

Story

Senses

Overall, I appreciated the honesty of this chapter. 

Chapter 1

Before opening the book, They Snooze You Lose by Lynell Burmark, I thought it was going to be a snooze. Even though the title was catchy, I thought it was going to be a bore. I figured the chapters would be long and boring. However, I immediately fell in love with Burmarks comparison of "bullet-free presentations" to Ghandi. Burmark writes, "Think Gandhi. You do not need bullets to make your point. (Burmark 1)" I was so inspired by this, I even thought of creating a poster for my classroom. In chapter 1, Burmark talks a lot about color and how it increases willingness to read, boosts motivation and participation, enhances learning and improves retention (Burmark 7). I thought that as an educator, this was very useful information. Because I have a fondness for random trivia, I also liked that Burmark mentioned that the color green is the most restful color for the human eye (Burmark 10). On this page, Burmark reiterates that color sets the mood, and I like that because it is not only important for presentations, but also when we, as educators, have the opportunity to change the paint on our classroom walls, this is something to keep in mind.

Burmark also speaks about different types of fonts, and the amounts of words when put on a slide. I enjoyed the quotation mark example because it is straight to the point. Also, the comparison made of presentations and billboards was cool because it helped me visualize how fast we process information, and how we should remember that when creating our own presentations.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this chapter, and I learned a great deal of information.

Blogging as homework? Who would have thought it?

I was excited about the MTT Program because it afforded me the opportunity to learn in a different way. At our first meeting in the LRC room at the high school, I signed the papers that officially welcomed me into the program.  In my head, I had conjured up the idea that this experience would be much like that of a gang, hasta la muerte, only not so violent and eternal. With UTB's problematic first week, and the high-demand of work and planning that a new school years brings, I was not as ecstatic about starting classes as I had first been.

When I first signed into Elluminate I was the only one online. I figured it was because I arrived early. However, as time passed, I started thinking that my classmates were irresponsible because no one was showing up. But then something clicked in my head, I closed the window, and opened a different link. The confusion in everyone's voices, the mic-tests, and the chatthing let me know that I was finally in class, well virtually at least. Much like on the first day of school, we went over the scope and sequence, expectations, and a foreshadowing of what was to come.

Everyone's favorite part about being a student is homework, of course. Ha, even I can't say that with a straight face. Upon realizing that I would have to read about copyrighting, I rediscovered the relationship I once had with procastination. I wished that the day where I would have to mutter the words, "Okay, I have to read this now" would never come. But alas, just as sure as we are that the moon comes out at night, deadlines, for this course, always fall on Sundays. As I was left with no other choice than to read, I commenced, and quickly found that I had lost myself in a world of words. A sense of security for one's hard work, and commands of things we can and cannot do, were nestled in between the white spaces on the webpage. The most interesting bit of knowledge that I took with me after closing my computer screen that night was that copyrighting lasts a whole lifetime plus an additional 70 years. I am now more informed on the subject, and I figure that if I can get through that reading, then I can pretty much take over both concrete and virtual worlds, one assignment at a time.